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Decent valueActiveThe Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! · $10 · Michigan Lottery
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!: Decent value. A $10 ticket pays back $7.46 on average.
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#26 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
▼ -0.4 pts vs launch#26 of 27 · $10 MI gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! is a $10 scratch-off ticket from the Michigan state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 0.4 percentage points from the launch value of 75.0%. 1 of the original 2 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 49% of the 4.4M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 3.52
odds of any win
1 of 2
$500K top prizes left
49%
claimed · 2.2M of 4.4M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 637,967 winning tickets still unclaimed.
20 win more than $10
$20 – $100, an actual profit
8 win their money back
a $10 prize, so you break even
72 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 9,395 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $7.46 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $10 – $500
$7.23 · 72.3% of price
Mid prizes $2K – $500K
$0.23 · 2.3% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$10 – $500 wins
637,958 winning tickets remain in this range: 97% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
49% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Oct 2024.
4.4M
tickets printed
2.2M
tickets claimed · 49%
2.2M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
51%
50% of top prizes remain with 51% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Michigan Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $10 MI peers
#26 of 27
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Michigan Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:31 PM.
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